Re: Fwd: RFC rpc.gssd enhancement

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On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 04:11:38PM -0500, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> Why is "kinit" accessing ~/.krb5/config? Typically kinit will only
> access /etc/krb5.conf.
> 
> You are describing a catch-22 system. You want to create credentials
> but to create credentials you need to access a file that is protected
> by the credentials. This is a badly designed setup.
> 
> kinit normally does not require access into something that is
> protected by credentials gotten by kinit.
> 
> Your solution is to provide your user with "kinit" that does not
> access ~/.krb5/config. Please describe the need for that file and why
> it can't be satisfied using machine global /etc/krb5.conf.

debian heimdal 1.6~rc2+dfsg-9  opens ~/.krb5/config and ~/.rnd files. 
dunno why.

MIT implementation does not seem to access $HOME.

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Lukáš Hejtmánek
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